"Had he ever had anything reported of sex abuse or criminal abuse, it would have been reported," said Jack Reilly, an attorney for Spanier.

Freeh cited a 2001 email written by Spanier to Culrey and Schultz. They decide not to report Mike McQueary's account of seeing Sandusky abusing a child in a Penn State locker room shower to authorities.

Spanier, who has not been charged, wrote in an email, "This approach is acceptable to me. The only downside for us is if the message isn't heard and acted upon, then we become vulnerable for not having reported it."

Spanier, in a just-released interview in the New Yorker magazine, said, "Whoever leaked those emails wanted them to be taken out of context."

A spokesperson for the Freeh Feport said, "We stand by our report."

Spanier said he did not know McQueary had reported seeing abuse until after the grand jury report came out. He had only met Sandusky briefly.